NHS Workforce Race Equality Standard Report

NHS Workforce Race Equality Standard Report

Introduction This report provides details on our submission to the NHS Workforce Race Equality Standard (WRES). The WRES was mandated in the 2015/16 NHS Standard Contract, requiring Trusts to submit and publish annual data and carry out actions to improve race equality performance in future years. The snapshot date for WRES is 31 March; as at this date in we employed 3305 staff, of which 2.6% were Black and Minority Ethnic (), this is a total of 87 members of staff, an increase from 77 in 2016. The percentage of staff was 90.8%. This figure broadly represents the boroughs we have traditionally served in Halton, St Helens, Warrington and Wigan. We recognise however that as the Trust has expanded into areas such as Bolton and Oldham our community demographics have changed, we are working to ensure that our staff and leaders, and our community members represent this increasing diversity, this is reflected in the WRES Action Plan, detailed at the end of this report. It should be noted that for several of the indicators the numbers of staff are very low, this has led to issues in previous years on reporting on the NHS Staff Survey indicators, and have led to problems ensuring statistical significance in other indicators such as formal disciplinary. The submission in July contained an error in the number of staff entering formal disciplinary; this led to the Trust showing a likelihood for staff entering this process of 6.27 when compared to staff. The error has been reported to the NHS WRES team, and has been updated in this report to show the correct figure of 3.83 whilst this is still high when compared to the likelihood of staff entering formal disciplinary it should be noted that the numbers for both are too low to report (less than 10), to avoid personal identification. This indicator is part of the WRES Action Plan for. 1 P a g e

General Information There were 3305 staff employed at 31 March 2.6% of the overall workforce was Black and Minority Ethnic () 93.4% of staff had self-reported their ethnicity Indicator 1 Percentage of staff in each of the Agenda for Change bands 1 to 9 and Very Senior Manager (including executive Board members) compared with the percentage of staff in the overall workforce. There have been no significant changes across the bands for either clinical or nonclinical staff. There are increasing numbers of not known, see WRES Action Plan. Non-Clinical Workforce Band (by % of overall workforce) 2016 Change 2016 Change 2016 Unknown Unknown Under Band 1 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 Change 1 2.05 0.03 0.00 0.00 0.03 0.00 2 6.32 6.11 0.13 0.15 0.45 0.57 3 8.48 7.78 0.10 0.06 0.35 0.42 4 2.92 2.39 0.03 0.00 0.03 0.03 5 2.47 2.33 0.03 0.06 0.03 0.03 6 0.90 0.94 0.13 0.12 0.03 0.03 7 1.06 0.97 0.10 0.03 0.00 0.00 8a 0.48 0.54 0.03 0.03 0.00 0.03 8b 0.39 0.48 0.03 0.03 0.00 0.00 8c 0.35 0.45 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.03 8d 0.06 0.06 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 9 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.30 VSM 0.58 0.42 0.00 0.00 0.06 0.06 Key: Stayed the same Decrease Increase 2 P a g e

Clinical Workforce Band (by % of overall workforce) 2016 Change 2016 Change 2016 Unknown Unknown Under Band 1 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 Change 1 0.16 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 2 3.11 2.78 0.10 0.06 0.13 0.12 3 7.22 6.66 0.03 0.03 0.39 0.39 4 6.29 5.42 0.10 0.12 0.22 0.27 5 16.28 15.37 0.42 0.39 0.74 0.82 6 20.74 20.42 0.42 0.54 1.16 1.72 7 10.95 10.47 0.13 0.12 0.55 0.51 8a 3.50 3.21 0.00 0.03 0.10 0.18 8b 0.35 0.33 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 8c 0.26 0.15 0.06 0.03 0.00 0.06 8d 0.03 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 9 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 VSM 0.03 0.06 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 Consultants 0.22 0.15 0.19 0.24 0.00 0.09 Non 2.11 2.05 0.38 0.42 0.03 0.24 Consultant Trainee 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 Grade Other 0.19 0.18 0.06 0.06 0.03 0.00 Key: Stayed the same Decrease Increase Indicator 2 Relative likelihood at staff being appointed from shortlisting across all posts. : staff 1.3 times more likely to be appointed compared to staff 2016: staff 1.72 times more likely to be appointed compared to staff A small improvement in terms of percentage from 2016, an actual increase in successful applicants, from 24 in 2016 to 31 in. The highest number of successful applicants were in Bands 5 and 6. 3 P a g e

Successful recruitment of staff was 2.39% average for Bands 1 to 9. For Medical and Dental grades this was 26.67%. Two of the WRES Action Plan actions address recruitment and training/cpd and career progression for staff. Indicator 3 Relative likelihood of staff entering the formal disciplinary process, as measured by entry into a formal disciplinary investigation. This indicator is based on a two year rolling average of the current and previous year. : staff 3.83 times more likely to enter the formal disciplinary process compared to staff 2016: staff 4.93 times more likely to enter the formal disciplinary process compared to staff There has been a small improvement in this indicator from 2016, but the percentages would still suggest a higher figure for staff. Caution should be used in this indicator, as the very small number of staff involved, both and, can make the data not statistically significant. One of the WRES Action Plan actions addresses this indicator. Indicator 4 Relative likelihood of staff accessing non-mandatory training and CPD. : staff are 0.9 times more likely to access non-mandatory training and CPD compared to staff 2016: staff are 0.55 times more likely to access non-mandatory training and CPD compared to staff This figure shows a positive figure for staff. Caution should be used as the information provided is staff accessing every opportunity it is unclear whether this is a small number of individuals accessing several training opportunities, or a large number of staff accessing one opportunity. One of the WRES Action Plan actions addresses this indicator. 4 P a g e

Indicator 5 NHS Staff Survey KF25: Percentage of staff experiencing harassment, bullying or abuse from patients, relatives or the public in last 12 months. Year 28.91% 22.58% 2016 28.07% 0.00% * * Figure too low to be reported in NHS Staff Survey Whilst the percentage figure for staff is lower than that for staff, the overall Trust percentage is still above the average for other community providers in the survey (29% compared to 24% average). There is a Staff Survey Action Plan for the Trust that addresses this indicator. Indicator 6 NHS Staff Survey KF21: Percentage believing that Trust provides equal opportunities for career progression or promotion. Year 90.02% 93.33% 2016 83.13% 0.00% * * Figure too low to be reported in NHS Staff Survey This was the Trust s most improved indicator in the 2016 NHS Staff Survey, returning to a similar figure to 2014 after a dip in 2015. The average overall for community providers was 90%, Bridgewater was 90%. Indicator 7 NHS Staff Survey Q17: In the last 12 months have you personally experienced discrimination at work from any of the following? B) Manager/Team Leader or other colleagues. Year 6.59% 6.25% 2016 4.41% 0.00% * * Figure too low to be reported in NHS Staff Survey 5 P a g e

Whilst the percentage figure for staff is lower than that for staff the percentages are still above the average for other community providers in the survey (9% compared to 8% average). There is a Staff Survey Action Plan for the Trust that addresses this indicator. Indicator 8 NHS Staff Survey KF26: Percentage of staff experiencing harassment, bullying or abuse from staff in last 12 months. Year 23.60% 25.81% 2016 22.71% 0.00% * * Figure too low to be reported in NHS Staff Survey The percentage figure for staff is higher than that for staff, and the percentages overall are above the average for other community providers in the survey, (23% compared to 20% average). We are unable to determine if this indicator has improved or worsened for staff since 2016 as we had no data to report last year. There is a Staff Survey Action Plan for the Trust that addresses this indicator. Indicator 9 Percentage difference, between the organisations voting membership and the overall workforce. 100.0% 0.0% 2016 100.0% 0.0% There is currently no representation on the Board. There is a Staff Survey Action Plan for the Trust that addresses this indicator. 6 P a g e

Action Plan The following WRES Action Plan has been agreed by the Trust s Workforce & Organisational Development Committee and Board. Work Area Key dates Actions and Evidence MyESR Improving self-reporting of ethnicity and other equality data through the new MyESR app Recruitment Review of current processes Review of vacancy shortlisting Employee Relations Continued monitoring of employee relations cases Awareness raising with HR and investigation officers Career Progression Continued promotion of targeted training, CPD and mentoring opportunities Look at apprenticeships and traineeships offers Membership and Governor Representation Analysis of current profiles against local data Look at encouraging recruitment from diverse communities Staff and Community Engagement Support work on refresh of the patient experience strategy Support work on Big Conversations and new Quality Strategy Continue work as staff engagement champion, and look at supporting engagement and involvement of staff S Network Carry out feasibility study 30 June 2018 Contact Details Ruth Besford (Equality & Inclusion Officer) ruth.besford@bridgewater.nhs.uk Telephone: 01942 482992 TypeTalk: 18001 01942 482992 7 P a g e